Quick Info
Status: Ended
Network: YTV
Type: Scripted
Rating: 7.7/10
Space Battleship Yamato
Overview
Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series featuring an eponymous spacecraft. It is also known to English-speaking audiences as Space Cruiser Yamato; an English-dubbed and heavily edited version of the series was broadcast on North American and Australian television as Star Blazers. The first two seasons of this version were broadcast in Greece in 1981-82 as Διαστημόπλοιο Αργώ. An Italian-language version was also broadcast under the name Star Blazers in Italy, and a Portuguese-language version was successfully shown in Brazil under the title Patrulha Estelar and Viaje a la Ultima Galaxia or Astronave Intrepido in Spain and Latin America. It is a seminal series in the history of anime, marking a turn towards more complex serious works and influencing works such as Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion; Hideaki Anno has ranked Yamato his favorite anime and credited it with sparking his interest in anime. Yamato was the first anime series or movie to win the Seiun Award, a feat not repeated until the 1985 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
This production, originally released in 1974, has captivated audiences with its unique storytelling. As a Scripted series, it brings a fresh perspective to the Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure genre, maintaining a strong viewer rating of 7.7 across its 3 seasons.
- Storyline Highlights:
- • Explores themes within Animation and Drama.
- • Produced in Japan.
- • Original Language: Arabic.
Starring Cast
Kei Tomiyama
Susumu Kodai
Gorō Naya
Juzo Okita
Shūsei Nakamura
Daisuke Shima
Yoko Asagami
Yuki Mori
Takeshi Aono
Shiro Sanada
Ichiro Nagai
Hikozaemon Tokugawa
Kenichi Ogata
Analyzer
Yoshito Yasuhara
Kenjiro Ota
Seasons
Specials
15 Episodes • Aired 1977-08-06
No season overview provided for this season.
Star Blazers: The Quest For Iscandar
26 Episodes • Aired 1974-10-06
In the year 2199, the space battleship Yamato embarks on a voyage to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a device that will rejuvenate a war-ravaged Earth.
Star Blazers: The Comet Empire
26 Episodes • Aired 1978-10-14
Space Battleship Yamato II is a 1978 sequel to the original Space Battleship Yamato science fiction anime series. The story is set in the year 2201. The White Comet Empire, a new and even greater threat than the Gamilas, attacks Earth after crew of the Yamato investigates an SOS signal from the mysterious Teresa of planet Telezart. At the same time Desler, leader of the Gamilas Empire, also seeks revenge for his defeat at the hands of the Yamato.
Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars
25 Episodes • Aired 1980-10-11
Space Battleship Yamato III is the third TV season of the Space Battleship Yamato franchise, produced in Japan in 1980. The story begins at an undisclosed date, but was traditionally believed to have taken place in the year 2205 due to statements made in several of the publications devoted to Yamato III. However, the sequel film, Final Yamato, explicitly took place in late 2203, so after the film was released, the date of Yamato III was assumed to be early 2203.
